KickBoxing a Framework for Success by Pat O Keefe a brief review

Kickboxing a Framework for Success by Pat O Keefe

Martial Arts Book Reviews

A Review of
Kickboxing a Framework for Success by Pat O Keefe

Published by Summersdale

ISBN 1840240938

I am a 1st Dan Black Belt in Kick boxing and am a fully
qualified instructor and both train and assist the British Karate and Kickboxing
association run by Dave Cartawick and also the British Combat Academy run by
Peter Lakin, a long time student of Peter Consterdine, I have trained in
kickboxing since 1999 and have also cross trained in various other styles
mainly mixed martial arts, karate and Ju-jitsu.

The Author Pat O Keefe

Pat O Keefe was originally in the army before joining the
London Fire Brigade and has been involved in the martial arts for many years,
he is a 6th Dan Black belt in Kickboxing and karate jutsu. He trained under Geoff Britton and competed
in the ring as a kick boxer twenty eight times, his opponents including three
world champions including Rudi Van Damme and Nigel Benn (the boxer) who went on
to become the W.B.C world champion.

Pat is a leading trainer, TV commentator and best selling
author in kickboxing who also still teaches and does seminars I believe. He also trained Dylan Spenser a double European Champion. He has released 3 books and 2 D.V.Ds about the subject of Kickboxing
published by Summersdale, and has also written 3 crime novels published by
Hodder and Stoughton.

Content

User friendly and set out in easy to follow chapters this
book contains just about every aspect of sports kickboxing you can think of
especially useful to novices this book is also highly use and an invaluable
guide for the more experienced.

Topics covered include

Basics (or as Pat calls them Fundamentals)

Secondary Techniques

Defence and counter attacks

Combos

Timing, distance and movement

Sparring

Speed and power

Conditioning/fitness

The coach

Targets and techniques

My Opinion

Pat O Keefe is well versed in all the techniques and
principles of kick boxing and obviously has a lot of knowledge gained from both
from teaching and his own ring experiences.
For anyone interested in kickboxing be they beginner or advanced this is
a very good reference and guide book, aimed more for those people looking for a
sport related book (For those interested Pat wrote another book Combat
Kickboxing which looks at Kickboxing more from a self defence point of view).
This book shows from the basic to more advanced techniques from the simple yet
difficult to master
jab through to jumping and spinning kicks and many other variations. Also
detailed are many defensive techniques and blocks, combinations as well as
drills to develop speed, power, stamina in fact this book does cover most of
the questions you might find yourself asking about the sport of Kickboxing. This
is a book I would recommend to anyone involved in kickboxing.